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Bulldogs prevail over neighbors, beat Hanover 46-37Lady
Bulldogs prevail over neighbors, beat Hanover 46-37A USA-365.com Special Report
by Mark Smith
12-17-2007
| Team /Record | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
| HANOVER CENTRAL (6-3) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 37 |
| CROWN POINT (5-7) | 16 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 46 |
Saturday, December 15, 2007 - Non-Conference game at CROWN POINT, IN
HANOVER CENTRAL (37) Megan Parks
3-0-6, Chrissy Homolka 2-0-5, Shannon Kiraly
1-0-2, Lindsey Martinez 3-0-8, Jordan Kramer
0-5-5, Danielle Graham 4-3-11, Anna Plassman
0-0-0, Tori Dahlin 0-0-0. TOTALS: 13 (9-11)
37. CROWN POINT
(12-
CROWN POINT (46)
Sydnee Reeves
7-2-16, Daniela Tarailo 4-0-9, Flori Garcia
1-1-3, Maegan Maloney 1-0-2, Samantha Polus
4-1-9, Lynsey Brucato 0-5-5, Nicci Brown
0-2-2, Jessica Martinez 0-0-0, Lauren Seils
0-0-0, Clare Grubnich 0-0-0, Madeline Moore
0-0-0, Zarah Cecich 0-0-0, Kelly Gross
0-0-0. TOTALS: 17 (11-19) 46.
FOUL SHOTS: HANOVER (9-11, 81.8%)
Graham 3-3, Kramer 5-7, Martinez 0-1;
CROWN
POINT (11-17, 64.7%) Reeves 2-6, Brucato
5-6, Brown 2-2, Garcia 1-1, Polus 1-1,
Martinez 0-1.
REBOUNDS: HANOVER (25) Parks 8,
Graham 7, Martinez 4, Homolka 2, Kiraly 3,
Kramer;
CROWN POINT (31) Reeves 12, Polus
6, Garcia 4, Tarailo 5, Martinez 2, Brown,
Grubnich.
ASSISTS: HANOVER (6) Kramer 5,
Graham, Martinez; CROWN POINT (7) Garcia 3,
Tarailo 2, Maloney, Reeves.
STEALS: HANOVER (6) Graham 2, Kiraly,
Kramer, Martinez, Dahlin; CROWN POINT (8)
Garcia 2, Gross 3, Reeves, Tarailo, Brown.
3-GOALS: HANOVER (2) Lindsey
Martinez, Chrissy Homolka; CROWN POINT (1)
Daniela Tarailo.
FOULED OUT:
Chrissy Homolka (4th Qtr)
2:40 left.
But, when they step out of league play, it's
a different story.
They
play with confidence, shoot with certainty,
and
usually, win.
Either
the DAC is too tough for them or they simply don't approach league games
with a positive mental attitude.
Crown Point
obviously didn't blow out 2A neighbor Hanover Central if the final score was
46-37,
but they seemed sure they would, especially 5-foot-11 junior Sydnee Reeves,
who scored 16 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked two shots.
The
Bulldogs, leading just 20-14 at the half, outscored Hanover 15-6 in the
third quarter, and it was Reeves, who has struggled to register anything in
some games, posting eight points and seven rebounds in the third quarter
alone.
"WE know what she can do," said CP coach Scott Reid. "How many did she
score?
16?
If
she'd finish (make
layups and offensive
rebound
shots) she'd have
had 30.
What
I really like was the way she rebounded
at the defensive end. We've
got to have that."
HC matched up well against CP because neither team starts a true center. But
when the wing players perform like Reeves,
HC is going to have a difficult time stopping that.
"We were in
the game for a half," said HC coach Doug Nelson.
"But we couldn't score. We'd get to the basket but we had no ability to finish. Our skills overall are
not quite there yet. But this was a good game for us."
Hanover has beaten Crown Point only twice in history and the last time is
thought to be in the 1970s. The Lady Cats (6-3) wanted to do more than come close
and they trailed 43-27 with 3:10 left before a 10-3 run to the finish
against the CP bench made the final score respectable.
Hanover may gain from not being embarrassed in this game because they have some larger schools to play. Next Saturday afternoon (Dec. 22) is HC's first-ever meeting with Andrean
and Hanover will almost certainly face Griffith (10-2) in the HC Holiday
tournament. When the Lady Cats were closing the gap in the final quarter,
CP coach Reid chose not to re-enter his starters, although he admitted "I
was one basket away. I told the starters to get ready to go back in."
Crown Point scored a lot of points due to transition. Grabbing missed shots and running away to score. Reeves, Tarailo and Samatha Polus,
all 5-10 or 5-11 and all very mobile, were too athletic for Hanover, which
has no regular taller than 5-foot-8. CP
had Hanover well scouted
and never went to a zone defense, which would open up HC long range shooters
Jordan Kramer and Chrissy Homolka.
Hanover
executed their weaving, perimeter
offense
against
the man-to-man, designed to create one-on-one situations on the move. The
Lady Cats got those chances,
but were not
able
to
get the ball
in the basket more than 13 times.
Kramer drew
special attention.
A
top three-point shooter, the 5-5 junior didn't
get open looks at the basket against CP junior Flori Garcia.
HC's
Lindsey Martinez, a tiny 5-foot-3 guard, and 5-6 Danielle Graham, a 5-6 wing
player, tossed up some 'creative' shots against the taller Bulldogs, but
they could not do a lot of damage.
Crown Point gets a second shot at the DAC starting Thursday night at
Portage (7-2). The schedule gives CP no breaks. The Hanover game was CP's
fifth in nine days and they play once a week through the holiday season.
"We play every week," said Reid, who is one of many who doesn't like the
DAC 14-game marathon. "And it's Portage and Merrillville that we're
playing."
DOG-CAT NOTES: All Crown Point fans should note that Crown Point's DAC
rematch with defending Sectional 2 champ Portage (7-2) will be played
Thursday night, Dec. 20 with the JV game beginning at 6 p.m.
Oddly, CP is playing Portage for a second time before they meet Merrillville
for the first of two head-to-head confrontations.
This game was originally scheduled for Saturday night, Dec. 22 but Portage
asked that it be changed and CP agreed, because frankly, it was dumb idea to
schedule a varsity league game for the Saturday before Christmas when both
teams had all week off.
Daniela Tarailo scored nine of her 11 points in the first half. Samantha Polus, who moved back into the starting lineup, scored all seven of their
points in the first two quarters.
The inaugural four-team Hanover Central Invitational will match up
Griffith and Beecher, Illinois in the first round
followed by Hanover Central facing Clark. For this first year, this will be a varsity AND junior
varsity tournament so the JV teams of those four schools will meet late
Friday afternoon, Dec. 28 followed by the varsity teams. On Dec. 29, the JV consolation game will start play followed by the JV
championship. The varsity consolation game will tip off as the third game
Saturday followed by the varsity championship Saturday night. Copyright ©
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"They hit some of those shots," said Reid, who wanted his defense to push Kramer to her left and force her
to score with the left hand over much taller defenders.
"That's her only weakness.
We just had to keep her off the foul line. They
have a nice team. They're always going to come at us."
Hanover would like Crown Point to play in the HC
Holiday Tournament and it might happen. CP has played Hanover the night after they've faced Michigan
City in December of the last four seasons and they don't really want that.
The problem is, again, that 14-game league schedule, which does not give CP
a weekend off to potentially play a holiday tourney. The opening night of
the Hanover holiday tournament this season (Dec. 28) is the same night CP
faces Merrillville.
Crown Point has a lot of its excellent freshman class in the scorebook for
varsity games. You can play five quarters a night. Reid has included 5-9
freshman forward Madeline Moore, 5-11 freshman forward Zarah Cecich, 5-4
freshman guard Kelly Gross and 5-4 freshman guard Alle Geisen on the varsity
roster just so they can get a few minutes of playing time in the fourth
quarter, if the opportunity to put them in arises. Reid praised the play of
Gross, who was officially credited with three steals.
Crown Point has 11 juniors on the varsity and six freshmen on the junior
varsity.
CLASS
SECTIONAL
JOHN HARRELL'S INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
GIRLS' SEASONS
4A
2
E-MAIL CORRECTIONS
MAP TO SCHOOL
5-7
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
CROWN POINT
BULLDOGS
Coach: Scott Reid, 5-7 in 1st year at school
DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT / CST
OA 43.8, DA 42.2
Nov. 9
at
Hebron {2A}
W 54- 39
Nov. 10
at
Kankakee Valley {3A}
W 59- 31
Nov. 16
Portage {4A}‡
L 39- 48
Nov. 17
at
Warsaw {4A}
L 41- 48
Nov. 23
at
Chesterton {4A}‡
L 30- 35
Nov. 27
at
Lowell {4A}
W 49- 27
Nov. 30
LaPorte {4A}‡
L 27- 38
Dec. 7
at
Lake Central {4A}‡
ot L 48- 51
Dec. 8
Boone Grove {2A}
W 53- 40
Dec. 11
at
Valparaiso {4A}‡
L 37- 50
Dec. 14
Michigan City {4A}‡
L 43- 62
Dec. 15
Hanover Central {2A}
W 46- 37
Dec. 20
at
Portage {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Note date change
Dec. 29
Merrillville {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Jan. 4
Chesterton {4A}‡
6:00 pm
Jan. 12
Lake Central {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Jan. 18
at
Michigan City {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Jan. 22
at
LaPorte {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Jan. 25
Valparaiso {4A}‡
7:30 pm
Feb. 2
at
Merrillville {4A}‡
7:30 pm
‡DUNELAND
CONFERENCE GAME
CLASS
SECTIONAL
JOHN HARRELL'S INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
GIRLS' SEASONS
2A
33
E-MAIL CORRECTIONS
MAP TO SCHOOL
6-3
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
HANOVER CENTRAL
WILDCATS
Coach: Doug Nelson, 14-15 in 2nd year at school,
29-42 in 4th year overall
DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT / CST
OA 51.8, DA 39.4
Nov. 6
at
River Forest {2A}
W 79- 23
Nov. 16
at
Wheeler {2A}
W 52- 34
Nov. 21
Lowell {4A}
W 45- 20
Nov. 24
at
Hammond Gavit {3A}
W 46- 42
Nov. 28
Calumet {3A}
L 57- 62
Nov. 30
at
Hebron {2A}‡
W 45- 41
Dec. 8
LaCrosse {1A}‡
W 53- 29
Dec. 11
at
North Newton {2A}
L 52- 58
Dec. 15
at
Crown Point {4A}
L 37- 46
Dec. 22
Andrean {3A}
3:00 pm
Dec. 28
Hanover Central Tournament
through Dec. 29
Jan. 5
at
Washington Twp. {1A}‡
7:30 pm
Jan. 10
at
South Central (Union Mills) {1A}‡
7:00 pm
Jan. 14
Porter County Conference Tournament
through Jan. 19
Jan. 24
Boone Grove {2A}‡
7:00 pm
Jan. 26
at
Kouts {1A}‡
2:30 pm
Jan. 29
at
Kankakee Valley {3A}
7:30 pm
Feb. 2
Morgan Twp. {1A}‡
2:00 pm
‡PORTER
COUNTY CONFERENCE GAME
Revised: December 18, 2007
.